Though I don't like, frankly speaking, that bold black outline, at all, you can use dark brown instead, which in my opinion will suit s here perfectly instead. But I admire how wonderfully the hand and the bird was done. It's so warm and soft. And the preview is as cool as a showcase to everyone.
yeah, the black outline, was left to preserve a part of the linework that originally make the piece (by wyvernbites), it wasn't something i wanted, but done as a way to show respect